Who ever gets the nod from the two parties—events will drive this nation away from Liberalism and into a more statist view. There is no going back now—we can not rip away Social Security, Medicaid, etc... Only violence can change things in the form of Revolution, Civil War, major defeat and occupation by an enemy power. The system needs a re-boot but the citizens don’t want to be uncomfortable—they are dreaming that its 1960 again. This is Why they will vote in a comfortable—plastic person who promises much and does little. Look for white bread people—like Mitt to win and do little in the White House until forced to by events.
I agree. There are many things we need to do to become a long-term prosperous country again, but we lack the political will as a people to even do one of them.
At this point, my hope is that I live out my life relatively peacefully and the Fall of Rome doesn’t happen until after God has called me home.